The IPC revealed newly-acquired intelligence identifying the exact location of a roadside bomb factory in Tehran, which manufactures improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for shipment to Iraq.
Georgetown professor and former senior member of the National Security Council staff Raymond Tanter stated: “The Ordnance Factories Complex is located in the Lavizan neighborhood in northern Tehran and consists of three separate and independent industrial sections called Sattari, Sayad Shirazi, and Shiroodi, each with its own products. Sattari Industry specializes in anti-tank mines and bombs. The industry works on turning mines and bombs into improvised explosive devices.”
As a guest from Europe, Struan Stevenson, Scottish member of the European Parliament spoke about the threats posed by the clerical regime and said, “We know well that Iran funds the insurgency in Iraq. Tehran fans the flames of potential civil war in Iraq.” Stevenson added that, “Maliki must not bend the kneel down to any pressure from Tehran,” referring to Maliki’s statement calling for the expulsion of Iran’s main opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and cutting off fuel supplies to its hospital in Ashraf City in Iraq.
“We should be telling Prime Minister Maliki that the democratically-elected government in Iraq is something that we in the West support, and that he must not allow the mullahs to divert him from the path of democracy,” said Stevenson adding, “Prime Minister Maliki should listen to those who say that the Iranian opposition must be protected.”